Garment-hanger.



No. 885,161. PATENTED APR.21, 1908.

c. H. KINGSBURY.

GARMENT HANGER. Arrmoulon FILED DEO.14, 1907.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. KINGSBURY, OF DANIELSON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO HARRIETTE L. KINGSBURY, :OF DANIELSON, CONNECTICUT.-

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

[resented April 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. KINGS- BURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danielson, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful GaimentJ-Tanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garment hanger.

The principal objects thereof are to pro-. vide a device which shall be capable of supporting coats, jackets and the like in a we known manner and which shall be provided in amost simple manner with means for supporting trousers, skirts and the like under the coat-hanging portion of the device, also to construct the trousers and skirt hanging device in such a manner that, the buttons, bindings, or loops to be placed upon it may be adjusted to different heights on the opposite sides and in such a way that the parts can be applied without stretching the garments and yet the simple ap lication of them to the garment hanger wil be sullicient to hold them in position. This latter feature is provided for by a certain slanting arrangement of the trousers and the skirt hanging device, as will appear hereinafter.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide'a construction in which all these arts can be made of a single integral piece 0 wire and in avery simple and inexpensive manner.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which show a preferred form of the invention andin which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one end of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the device as used for hanging a skirt.

, It will be seen that the garment hanger comprises an u per portion orv main frame a which is provi ed with a supporting hook I) and with two arms 0 which terminate in shoulder pieces d. The shoulder pieces d exe tend outwardly and preferably downwardly from the main body of the device and they terminate in reverse bends e from which extend the trousers or skirt supporting devices which consist of a series of loops f. These loops are located on each side of the coat hanger under the shoulder pieces and extend inwardly and upwardly from the lower or outer ends thereof so that the loo s on each side are most conveniently locate in an inclined plane. The loops are spaced below the shoulder pieces so that after a coat is a lied, the other articles can be applied to t e ower part of the hanger. A plurality of loops are preferably provided parallel with each other so that more than one garment 1 maybe hung below the coat hanger if desired or the same garment may be supported in. two or more places on each side. The spaces g between these loops open inwardly toward the center of the device so that the buttons of the trousers may be connected with them by pushing them outwardly from the open ends; In this way, it will be seen that it is not necessary to stretch the trousers or skirt over a part projecting outwardly and the buttons or bindings can beinserted in the spacesand held in a proper position between the loops with the proper amount of tension thereon. This is brought about by the inclined osition of the trousers hanging device and the fact that the spaces open inwardly. An important function of this inclined arrangement is that when a garment is hung which should be higher on one side than on' the other, the proper adjustment may be made in a very simple way sim ly. by sliding the buttons or binding to di erent positions on the two sides, as indicatedm Fig. 1, and still an article may be hung wlth its top in horizontal position, as shown in it will be seen that if the trousers are stretched a little too tight, the buttons may give or slide a little if necessary to allow the garment to assume a proper and natural osition, but they will not become entlrely 1sengaged from the hanger because'of the nclined position of the loops. Another point that will be observed is that if skirts are hung up by means of loops thay can be 1nserted over the closed inner ends of the loops of the hanger in the same way and also either skirts or trousers or other articles may be supported by passin the bindings into are then brought together and twisted on each other to form the arms 0 of the frame. Both sides of the device are formed in this way and it will. be seen that the trousers and skirt supporting device is integral with the shoulder pieces. One end of each of the arms is integral with the corresponding end of the other and the other two ends are twisted together to form the connection with the hook I), and one is continued to form the hook. This completes the formation of the article.

It will be seen that such a garment hanger possesses all the advantages which have been set forth herein and that garments can be adjusted upon it so as to hang higher at one .side than at the other if desired without any danger of their coming loose from the device.

VVhile I have illustrated and described a preferred form of the invention, I am aware that many modifications may be made therein by a skilled mechanic without departin from the scope of the invention as expresse in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is 1. A garment hanger having an upper ortion adapted to support coats and the ike and having loops connected with the outer ends of said upper ortion and extending inwardly and upwardly from below said ends, said loops belng adapted to support a garment at all points along them whereby a garment supported by the tWo sets of 100 s may be adjusted to different heights on said loops.

2. A garment hanger comprising an up er portion having outwardly extending shoul er pieces, and a set of loops integrally connected 3. A garment hanger having a series of 100 s located below the under side thereof an spaced from the main portion of the garment hanger, said loops being continuous with each other and being located in a lane, whereby buttons, loops or bindings o garments may be inserted in said loops either from the inside or outside of the garment hanger and may be held at any point between the ends of the loops.

4. A garment hanger consisting of a single integral Ipiece of wire comprising an upper portion aving a supporting hook thereon and a main frame extending outwardly from said hook in two directions so as to constitute two arms, each of said arms comprising 0 whereof I have hereunto set e presence of two subscribing CHARLES H. KINGSBURY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT,E. FAY, O. FORREST WESSON. 

